177: Chapter 177 Am I about to have new prisoners again?

Yaro's heart sank.

The communication channel had been compromised, which meant that all of her actions could be exposed to the other side's surveillance.

In a duel between top snipers, this was fatal.

Although she did not know how the other side had managed it, Yaro tossed her headset aside and quickly calmed down.

She did not believe that the other side could truly discover her.

The only possibility was that the other side was using this method to disrupt her focus and force her to make a mistake.

She must not fall for it!

She continued to lie in wait, and not even the frequency of her breathing changed in the slightest.

However, she did not notice that in a crevice of a rock less than ten meters above her head, a pitch-black mechanical spider was aiming its compound eye camera precisely at her.

A cold sneer curled the corners of Qin Feng's mouth.

"You're quite good at keeping your cool."

Just as Qin Feng was preparing to go on a rampage, a cold system prompt sounded in his mind.

[Ding! High-value enemy target detected!]

[Target information is being generated...]

A translucent panel instantly unfolded across Qin Feng's retina.

[Name: Yaro]

[Rank: Yang Country Army Lieutenant]

[Codename: Snow Wolf]

[Identity: Ace Sniper of the Yang Country "Prairie Wolf" Special Forces, student of the legendary Bear Country sniper instructor "Polaris", proficient in camouflage, infiltration, and ultra-long-range sniping in various complex terrains.]

[Comprehensive Evaluation: Extremely Dangerous!]

Qin Feng raised an eyebrow.

"An Ace Sniper? And a woman at that. Interesting."

Immediately afterward, the system popped up a new mission prompt.

[Side mission triggered: The Value of an Ace!]

[Mission Content: Capture the Yang Country sniper Yaro alive. A living Ace Sniper is worth far more than a corpse.]

[Mission Reward: Fixed military merit + 200 points, unlock special skill "Eagle Eye Vision (Primary)".]

[Eagle Eye Vision (Primary): Passive skill. Significantly improves the host's dynamic vision and visual capture ability, allowing you to discover hidden threats faster in a chaotic battlefield.]

[Mission Penalty: None. However, killing the target will result in no rewards.]

"A prisoner?"

Qin Feng rubbed his chin, a playful arc curling his lips.

"This damn system, if this isn't evil cultivation, then what is?"

Killing was a daily routine for him, requiring no effort at all.

But to capture a top Ace Sniper alive in this sniper's graveyard, the difficulty level increased exponentially.

However...

Qin Feng liked this challenge.

Conquering a prideful Ace Sniper was far more interesting than just blowing her away with a single shot.

...

In a depression on the cliff, the "Ghost Eye" sniper position.

This location was extremely tricky, perfectly concealed by natural rocks and vegetation; from the foot of the mountain, one could not detect anything unusual at all.

A Yang Country sniper and his spotter were lying here, bored out of their minds.

"Boss, why do you think that Dragon Country person still hasn't come over? We've been here feeding mosquitoes all day."

The spotter rubbed his neck, which had been bitten several times, and complained in a low voice.

"Shut up!" the sniper scolded. "The command center's information cannot be wrong. Our mission is to keep a close watch on this area; we cannot let anything that moves get away."

The spotter curled his lip, not daring to say more, and had to continue holding his binoculars, scanning the plains below the mountain intermittently.

He did not notice at all that on the cliff less than ten meters above their heads,

a black shadow was clinging silently to the rock like a gecko.

It was Qin Feng.

His movements were silky smooth to the extreme, not making a single sound.

Soon, he moved directly above the sniper position.

Now!

Qin Feng descended from the sky.

The spotter seemed to sense something and was about to turn his head.

A large hand already covered his mouth and nose like lightning, and the dagger in the other hand silently slashed across his neck.

"Ugh..."

The spotter didn't even have a chance to struggle; his body went limp, and he stopped making any sound.

The sniper beside him sensed the anomaly and turned his head abruptly, his pupils instantly shrinking to the size of needle points.

He saw the most terrifying sight of his life.

A man covered in dust was holding his companion's corpse with one hand, and with the other, made a "shh" gesture at him.

"Pfft!"

Before he could make any sound, Qin Feng's figure had already closed in like a ghost.

The dagger pierced precisely into his heart.

After eliminating "Ghost Eye", Qin Feng didn't even spare the two corpses another glance, stripping them of their weapons and ammunition.

After doing all this, he merged back into the jungle and crept toward the next target — "Poison Fang".

At the "Eagles Nest" position.

Yaro was lying behind a huge rock, her whole body seemingly merged with the surrounding environment.

Quiet!

Too quiet!

She had just seen that Dragon Country person enter the jungle; the situation was a bit off, but she did not dare to act rashly.

"'Ghost Eye', report your situation."

The command center's voice came through the headset.

No one answered.

The command center called out two more times, but there was still no response.

The Commander was stunned, the muscles on his face twitching.

"Bastard!"

...

Halfway up the mountain, at the "Poison Fang" sniper position.

The sniper and spotter here were clearly much more vigilant than those two unlucky guys from "Ghost Eye".

The loss of contact with "Ghost Eye" made them smell a hint of danger.

"Damn it, those two guys couldn't have fallen asleep, could they?"

The spotter cursed while repeatedly scanning suspicious areas with a thermal imager.

"Unlikely." The sniper lay under the camouflage net, his voice steady.

"'Ghost Eye's sniper is a veteran; he wouldn't make such a low-level mistake. I suspect... something happened."

"Something happened? What could happen? Could that Dragon Country person fly or tunnel underground?"

Just as he finished speaking.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out.

A bullet grazed the spotter's scalp and flew past, sparking a series of sparks on the rock behind him.

"Enemy attack! Three o'clock direction, ridge line!"

The spotter was so scared he shuddered, scrambling to hide behind the bunker while shouting loudly.

The sniper reacted extremely quickly, turning his muzzle and pulling the trigger in the direction of the shot almost the instant it rang out.

"Bang!"

Another gunshot.

Two bullets crossed each other in the air.

However, there was already no sign of anyone behind the ridge line.

"Damn it! He beat us to the first move!"

The sniper cursed inwardly and immediately began looking for a new shooting angle.

But just as they focused all their attention on the three o'clock direction,

a black shadow, utilizing the cover of the terrain, had already crept up silently from their side and rear.

That shot Qin Feng fired just now was not meant to kill at all; it was purely to attract their attention.

Feinting to the east while attacking in the west—the oldest and most effective tactic.

"Poison Fang's" spotter was poking his head out, trying to lock onto the enemy's position with his binoculars.

Suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck.

He stiffly looked down, only to see a bloody blade tip protruding from his throat.

He wanted to scream, but could only make a "hissing" wheezing sound.